The "Woke Mind Virus", Explained | The Superhero Diversity Problem #2

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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:54 Woke Cultural Marxism
5:05 Woke agendas
8:24 Woke vagueness
12:55 The specifics aren't important
18:33 Conclusion
Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) meaning "alert to racial prejudice and discrimination". Beginning in the 2010s, it came to encompass a broader awareness of social inequalities such as sexism, and has also been used as shorthand for American Left ideas involving identity politics and social justice, such as the notion of white privilege and slavery reparations for African Americans. The terms woke-washing and woke capitalism were coined to describe companies who signal support for progressive causes as a substitute for genuine change. By 2020, members of the political center and right wing in several Western countries were using the term woke, often in an ironic way, as an insult for various progressive or leftist movements and ideologies perceived as overzealous, performative, or insincere. In turn, some commentators came to consider it an offensive term with negative associations to those who promote political ideas involving identity and race.

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[@etabiansosin]

It's one thing for them to disagree with how certain female or minority characters are depicted in their media and that's fine. But I don't like it when they use their disagreement of how their depicted as an opportunity to push their culture war narratives by calling their media “Woke or SJW” and it’s really annoying.

[@Scroteydada]

I love it when superheroes do the wokey dokey

[@parveltstone8214]

👍🏿

[@BrandonNinja]

Making this video shows that you're threatened by those channels. This is a battle of ideologies on a surface level. I don't agree with everything they say, but to me, they're the only ones left on KZbin with common sense.

[@Scroteydada]

@@BrandonNinja they're the biggest hacks on this site and you know it. Still using 2016 memes in their thumbnails ffs.

[@JP54704]

The moment someone mention "Woke" unironically as an argument, I imediatly see that as a red flag.

[@Crumphorn]

How woke.

[@tretretre1111]

Same. No quicker way to disqualify your argument than dropping "woke" when you complain about show/movie/game.

[@wuudy_doni]

@@Crumphorn 💀

[@basicsimp8798]

@@Crumphorn Clearly plagued by the Conservative Mind virus.

[@BrandonNinja]

​@@tretretre1111 A disqualifier. So you're saying you don't want to listen to anyone who has a different viewpoint than you?

[@justinharris2320]

Remember how everyone freaked out when they saw a black stormtrooper in The Force Awakens? It was one of the first times I remember Star Wars fans being referenced to as racist. It was kind of heartbreaking. Then they saw the women in the movie and directed their energy towards them. Complaining about writing is one thing, but calling the existence of minorities "woke" is the reason why minorities feel like just existing is a protest. Just breathing is triggering for many. And if just living is triggering for some, you can take that to its logical conclusion.

[@mizushogun]

I remember that too. As a black teen Star Wars fan, it hurt me. Plus it opened my eyes to the silly arguments they make to defend their bigoted opinions under the guise of being a “true fan”.

[@cui8789]

I don't get why these guys were even mad over that. Stormtroopers are villains. You'd think these people would be happy about seeing more black people dying on screen.

[@1monki]

> Then they saw the women in the movie and directed their energy towards them. Yeah, it's interesting to discover that this group is more misogynistic than racist. But it makes a certain kind of sense.

[@adrianopandolfo]

To be fair, there might be a non-racist explanation for that, given the stormtroopers (and by extent, the Empire/First Order) were intended to represent fascist Germany. IDK though.

[@grapeshot]

And many of them will now try to deny that and say they never had a problem with Finn.

[@IslandHermit]

The reason we have so many crappy movies today is the same as why we had so many crappy movies in the past: bad writing and/or direction. Sure, some small fraction of those may be due to a writer or director trying to push a message, but that's always been true, even before we had "woke culture".

[@monkeytime9851]

The problem isn't that they push a social message, its that they think doing so will get them a pass for not writing a good story. When criticized for the bad story, they hide behind the social message and claim whoever doesn't like it must be sexist/racist/whatever. Sometimes, as we saw with She-Hulk, they even do this before the audience sees their work.

[@Bustermachine]

@@monkeytime9851 I'd say that was still true in the past, it was just less obvious because we didn't have frictionless social media pipelines, so people weren't just chucking out their poorly considered replies to be retweeted by millions of people engaging in their own internet slap fights.

[@kylegonewild]

@@monkeytime9851 The problem with this criticism is ignoring the swaths of people who WERE simply implying the presence of a woman as being some prerequisite for a poorly written show. Of course if people are bitching about how your new show is "woke propaganda" before it has even fucking aired based on nothing but teaser clips and bottled up aggression you're going to assume some of that criticism is not coming from a genuine place and is instead just bigoted whining from dumbfucks online. And you would be right in that assumption. Maybe if the banshees didn't start screeching before the damn thing was even made public the creators wouldn't have had reasonable ammunition to call out the dogshit "critique" they were receiving before, as you put it, the audience even sees their work.

[@ach2lieber]

I think Disney's DEI fundamentalism is proving you wrong. Sure, they're making badly written movies, but woke culture is at the center of the problem.

[@matt0044]

I mean, that’s so vague. Believe it or not, everyone’s measuring stick of quality goes up to differing lengths. No accounting for taste as all.

[@GrandArchPriestOfTheAlgorithm]

The angriest people about "wokeness" are also the people that know the least about the subject. It might be a correlation.

[@jeremyusreevu237]

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[@RictusHolloweye]

Informed people are more difficult to manipulate.

[@a-10warthog78]

They’ll also be like “wokes are so sensitive” and then throw a hissy-fit when they see a woman in a fictional story

[@Billy_the-cat]

People that use word woke as something negative are the same people that say that woke culture is trigger culture, theyre also the same people that start crying when Sarah gets race swapped in tlou hbo series 🤣 Yes, Im ready to be killed now by this dogsh*t community

[@moonblaze2713]

​@@Smoked_out_skeletonsI'll take you up on that. Let me clarify though, when you say you're a constitutionalist, you are refering to the stance that a government derives its authority from and is limited by a body of law? Also, what bearing does being a solider have on the discussion put forth?

[@benwasserman8223]

Imagine what the angry anti-woke will do after learning the animated Justice League show deliberately swapped Hal Jordan and Aquaman for John Stewart and Hawkgirl for diversity reasons. That technically makes the DCAU super woke.

[@PillarofGarbage]

their brains will simply melt

[@suzygirl1843]

@@PillarofGarbage And they can't say DCEU is dead because of "woke". There were barely any diverse characters so why didn't they support their own anti-woke Justice League movie? In fact the best scenes were the ones with minorities' storylines fleshed out in the Snyder version. I'm hearing we might get Vixen in the new DC lineup. I hope she is one of Waller's agents - everyone has betrayed her and she needs a super weapon.

[@benwasserman8223]

@@suzygirl1843 I mean technically no. Aquaman was played by a Samoan/Native American actor, Wonder Woman by a Middle Eastern Israeli, and Dwayne Johnson… definitely ain’t white.

[@cui8789]

Bruce Timm has even said they got flack for using John over Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner. This crap isn't even new. The only difference is people monetizing rage over women, minorities and LGBT people in media.

[@cui8789]

@@benwasserman8223 Yeah the DCEU was "woke" before Marvel ever was. Suicide Squad alone is more racially diverse than most MCU movies.

[@mizushogun]

Seriously thank you for doing this! I’m so tired of “Woke” being used as an argument. Especially since it distracts from the real issues in the industry.

[@oskarlisinski8807]

It pushing way too much political agendas and putting representation before quality?

[@EduardoOlidenJr]

I’ve been using “woke” to exclusively describe when representation is used as a disingenuous means of putting people like me (non-white) on the screen for the views/cash. Representation matters as a means of reflecting what is true of the culture at large, but when it’s done for profit and profit alone, I have an issue and won’t refrain from using the term in those situations. Perhaps another evolution of the term is in order.

[@mejuliie]

@@EduardoOlidenJr Personally, I'd call what you are describing as exploitative behavior by production companies. The issue with the term "woke" is that it generally is used to refer to anything, which a person might feel is too progressive or just makes them feel uncomfortable. It is really non-descriptive. Instead of people having to formulate well-thought out arguments (like yours) for what they feel is wrong, they just use "woke". In discussions, I've found it impossible to have a constructive conversation with people who use the term. On the other hand, hard-core conservatives, who roll their eyes at the term, have been great and respectful at bringing their point across and been open to discussions about different points of views. That being said - that's just my experience and does not mean this is representative of the experience other people might have had.

[@mizushogun]

@@EduardoOlidenJr there on honestly better words for what your describing.

[@mizushogun]

@@mejuliie I agree

[@EmperorSarco]

I've been making this Super Heroe Universe(that is *unofficially somewhere in the Marvel and DC multiverse), and I often think, "damn. With the movie/film/novel review climate now, my stories might be considered 'woke garbage' with an agenda to certain people." For context, I'm a Latino, and my stories feature a lot of Latino characters with messages about the problems that affect my community and people and the issues that exist within our community. I initially had apprehensions making these stories because of that. But I've come to realize that I shouldn't be afraid of telling stories because it would no longer be mine or personal. It would be empty.

[@nikoladrca5324]

That is completely fine. When most people complain about woke stuff, they complain how, for example in your case, they would make you a Latino character and as diverse as possible (queer, disabled, LGBT etc.), and use you as a token in their movie that has nothing to do with it (for example, a Latino in Medieval Denmark). They're not Latino (or Latinx as they would call it, dumb as hell, I know), they don't know about your culture, but they know you're not a white straight person that they view as oppressors and they would use your Latino identity as a political weapon they don't truly care about, but lecture us and degrade us as viewers that we don't care about it. So no, if you write a Latino-oriented story, as a Latino, that deals with the everyday life and culture of your people, that is not woke and it's completely ok! Of course, if you go into it without any regards to making it enjoyable to your readers and mock them for not being born Latino basically, that's another can of worms, in the way the woke media operates.

[@whodatboi2567]

Also the "woke agenda" isn't complicated: Increased diversity means more people identifying with the I.P. which means more money. Can't be mad at companies having their cake and eating it too. Kinda ironic to refer to it as Cultural Marxism when it's indicative of the Free Market in practice.

[@mizushogun]

EXACTLY!!!

[@SteveJubs]

Exactly. The fury against diverse representation in media exposes the use of the “free market” in discourse as its own dog whistle.

[@FieldMarshalFry]

It gets so dumb as well… like when 1917 had a 10 second scene with a Sikh soldier from British Empire in a rat tag group of survivors of various other regiments which had taken heavy casualties fighting… The Culture War lot lost their heads…

[@stomachegg041]

As a brown asian (Filipino) I could not care less about seeing my kind on screen. I dont go to the movies and sulk about not having enough representation because I care more about being entertained. In fact I much prefer Hollywood entertainment vs Philippine cinema because our product is just hot basura. If I wanted to see my face on screen Id go back to watching awful Filipino movies.

[@wuudy_doni]

@@stomachegg041 So what would you suggest?? you just want to see white ppl the whole time? yk they aren’t the default right?

[@Germania9]

Speaking of which, we've almost had an annual moment in 2019 & 2020 where Captain Marvel & Birds of Prey were competed against Alita & Sonic respectively by the anti-woke mob. Which is weirdly fascinating considering both Alita & Sonic doubles down hard on being pro-immigration, especially when Dr Robotnik often slurred Sonic as an "alien".

[@Peasham]

I mean. Nah the Sonic movies are very right-wing. One of the main characters is a cop and all of Sonic's trademark anti-capitalism and ecoterrorism have been completely and deliberately scrubbed away. You're right about Alita though.

[@celeryjelly1231]

Did you just say alien is a slur? You're proving the non-woke resistance right lol. Go back to your soy.

[@Peasham]

@@celeryjelly1231 Slurring someone with a regular term isn't exactly rate my guy

[@iambatman.5894]

Joker was a billion dollar success while birds of prey fell face first. Money never lies. Remember that

[@Peasham]

@@iambatman.5894 Damn how well did Endgame do

[@AlexanderBlues1228]

The most important aspect of these kinds of moral panic is that the threat never goes away. If producers start casting more “traditionally” and sideline POC, women, and LGBTQ+ characters, the people who fear “wokeness” will either move on to another target (“Have you noticed how many characters are left handed?”) or view the change as evidence that the plot is even more insidious than before. “They’re going underground! Where will they strike next?”

[@2nd3rd1st]

First they came for the right-handed and we said nothing.

[@vlogily8043]

We need to start more campaigns about drinking water and going outside to breath fresh air and talking a lot about how breathing is so very important, at first I bet they’ll get condescending, but eventually have to take the opposing view of not drinking water and not breathing just for their contrarian nature to remain intact

[@BlackDoveNYC]

Yeah if fascism is your thing then you have to constantly on the lookout for “the enemies within”.

[@nowknowthis]

@@BlackDoveNYCbeing a fascist feels like it would be a hellish existence. Afraid and angry at everything you don’t or are unwilling to understand

[@JohnSmith-yd5wq]

It's because right-wingers have nothing else.

[@mrfrog3876]

I don't have any problems with someone throwing criticism at a work that happens to be woke but when they imply the wokeness itself is a problem that's a red flag.

[@bdboricua3128]

Thats the point tho. They are misusing the word woke. Unless the movie tv book is actively fighting against some sort of societal injustice. (Which exist but hardly as often as they imply ) Having a minority as a protagonist or being powerful isn’t woke. Its just a character being the lead and has the ability to kick ass

[@icebox1954]

@@bdboricua3128 It's woke when the intention is to spread an agenda of anti-white propaganda through entertainment, and replacing white men from their rightful place. The west belongs to Europeans and those of their heritage. That it's been invaded and infected with "diversity" is bad and shameful. I wouldn't go to China, Africa, the Middle-East or anywhere else and expect their people to be replaced by other minorities for the sake of a diversity quota. It's disgusting and it permeates all entertainment. All the men are replaced by women like parasites sucking the nutrients of a greater being. I want to see new cultures explored creatively, not already established culture being corrupted by talentless hacks who make awful stuff for an agenda.

[@gongozar]

Another great video. I miss when "woke" as a criticism was used to point out superficial gestures towards progressive politics while those making the gestures are actually quite indifferent or even hostile towards any kind of progressivism. Ironically, a lot of things criticised as being part of the "woke agenda" actually belong to the former category of commodifying progressive politics. Brief, easily removable non-heteronormative moments are the most obvious of these. In some cases, it feels like media that would otherwise be ignored deliberately adds "ambiguous wokeness" to get backlash from reactionaries, which in turn effectively forces anti-reactionaries to support said media. Wokeness as an agenda doesn't exist, but it certainly does seem to exist as a cynical marketing strategy for the rich old white men who care nothing for the actual issues they profit off vaguely gesturing towards.

[@muchtooseriousdude7045]

Realizing this several years ago when the "anti-woke" movement really started gearing up is what catalyzed my shift from Liberal to Socialist. It finally clicked that I agreed with some of their critiques, but they were misidentifying the causes egregiously. By entirely missing the root of the problem (profit incentives for "art" and corporate pandering) they would never contribute to a solution or be satisfied. That, and there was an increasing reliance on "wokeness" for all the problems of mediocre media when it was the core plot or character writing at issue. Just typical reactionary scapegoating.

[@BlackDoveNYC]

Part of the problem (besides mediocre media) is that those who are behind the scenes are still white heteronormative cis men who know how to check off the appropriate boxes. It’s cynical at best and meant to undermine any attempt at making “the other” human, which is supposed to be the point of art (commercial or otherwise). Regarding film and television particularly (though not exclusively) the people making the product are still overwhelmingly white male and straight. And though not great for humanity, it would seem less egregious if they actually knew and understood people who are nothing like them. The status quo continues to support segregation and white supremacy.

[@jeremyusreevu237]

Exactly. Friggin. This.

[@Nimbereth]

C'mon we have a gay porn scene in the last of us.

[@EmperorSmith]

"Rainbow capitalism"

[@outtabox4676]

I was watching JL:Gods and Monster yesterday, it's an alternate reality where Superman was raised as a Mexican immigrant. And he was a badass, a little antihero and cynical at times, but pretty good.

[@daryltor7608]

Gods and Monsters in general is just pretty interesting.

[@an8strengthkobold360]

It's kinda interesting, the idea that superman's moral principals are kinda result of a position of privilege. Although of SM is absolutely working class he never had to go hungry.

[@Macrochenia]

@@an8strengthkobold360 And never had to worry that the cops or government would unfairly persecute him because of his skin color.

[@gatonegroloco]

I mean, cannon superman may as well be. immigrant baby that was dropped on American soil by alien parents, worked on a farm from a young life for white people, white girlfriend whose dad hates him for being an alien, speaks Spanish (and every other language), uses a fake identity to work in the country, need i say more?

[@rigorgrynn4469]

Gods and monsters was really good. Wish we could have seen more from that elseworld.

[@pacman5698]

Left-wing cultural values are often in superhero movies because the ideologies that are opposed to leftism often think suffering is actually a good thing. Heroes in movies want the world to get better, not worse. Do the math.

[@jordanread5829]

Wait until these people find out that Captain America's first comic has him punching Hitler in the face.

[@guillesuperior]

You’re very naive if you assume that leftist ideologies don’t derive in any suffering or that opposing those ideologies means that you’re inherently pro suffering

[@maestercraig3990]

@@jordanread5829 - I can see the headline now: "Captain America pushes politics down our throats" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@guillesuperior]

@@ajitadonismanilal9105 wrong

[@svenm4740]

@@ajitadonismanilal9105 There are not really that much conservative Writers in Comics. It started with Superman. His first comics would get certain people quite mad. And there is a lot more like that. Read the first Secret Empire Story from Captain America for another example.

[@johnnyqd6861]

The infuriating thing about Alt-Right trolls is that they only label things as “woke” when they perceive it as bad. If it’s an undeniably great piece of art, they either ignore it, ignore the politics of it entirely or try to fit it into the very framework that it goes against. Of the top of my head: Mad Max Fury Road, Snowpiercer, Justice League Gods & Monsters, the Suicide Squad, 90% the Avengers movies, Avatar, Andor all have lefty subtext (or even straight up text) that is ignored by them because “why are you trying to bring politics into this cool storrry!”

[@thebreakdown7753]

When free speech is a thing of the past, its people like you that are the problem.

[@kingflumph5968]

It always strikes me when you see B roll of the talking heads who are on one about "wokeness" again, and 99% of them are white dudes, often with beards, sitting in rooms full of nerd-coded merch. Like, it just really shows who they think art and the world is "for." As if the women, LGBTQ folks, POC, etc., should be thanking them just for being allowed to have a turn on the Xbox at all, when Mom makes them, of course. The notion that the world could be about anything other than them and their fantasies is just terrifying to them.

[@blueNyellow]

As if it's only white guys that care about this. Jeez. Eric July exists. Sydney Watson exists. That Star Wars Girl exists. Just because the majority of talking heads are white, doesn't mean their audience and those that agree with them are. Left wing propaganda is a problem. The message. The moral standing. The social commentary NEVER makes up for a good story or a good character. It's just as annoying as the Christian films. It's a poor excuse for shitty writing.

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@blueNyellow You must have hated "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?"

[@blueNyellow]

@@ShadowSonic2 if I was born in that time period, who knows, but considering racism was an actual problem back then... I doubt I would have felt like it was unnecessary. Now however, if they made a film like that today, like Get Out, I probably would have a problem with it. Thing is, I enjoyed Get Out. I've said this many times by now, if the film is good, the message doesn't detract from it. Get Out is a good movie with decent writing, great acting, great direction, and pretty good cinematography. Now, if the movie was poorly written, had unremarkable acting, bland direction and cinematography, like a Marvel film, then the message would be polish on a turd. And that's for the people who agree with the message, if they don't, and the message is blatant and hateful, why would anyone enjoy the film? There is nothing phase 4 and now phase 5 has to offer that previous phases haven't done better. There is nothing in Marvel that is woke that indie arthouse films haven't done better.

[@bryanfine986]

Please try actually watching these "talking heads" and assessing their arguments based on their own merits, not their skin color. Don't form judgements while sitting comfortably in your own echo chamber. Lord knows I am not the target audience for POG, but I am over here trying to figure out how people on this side think and if anyone can persuade me with valid arguments. So far nobody has, but I am open to hearing you out and letting you take your best shot. I did not enjoy this video, which stopped just short of calling me a n@zi (I am Jewish, btw) for having an opinion outside of this particular bubble, but I gave it its due. I ask that you check out Critical Drinker, or Nerdrotic, or Eric July (a black dude) and hear them out before you decide whether or not you agree with them. Don't just take POG's word for it and hop on the hate train without receipts. And don't forget, POG is building his brand reacting to these people - it's profitable for him to keep the hate and misinformation flowing. Back to your comment about "99% of them are white dudes, often with beards". You are outright dismissing their criticisms based on their skin color, you know that right? It sounds an awful lot like....what's that word....? Begins with R and ends with ism. Inconvenient fact, however, is that there are often women and people of color who participate in these discussions or comment approval on these videos. What's your problem with beards?

[@blueNyellow]

@@bryanfine986 exactly. They love black people when they're liberal, but when they're conservative they're Uncle Toms and White Supremacist traitors to their own race. They love women when they're 3rd wave feminist, but when they say that biological men can't be women, they're terfs and deserve to be canceled. I don't understand how you can claim to be for all women or all black people or all gay people when there are many women, black people, and gay people that think progressive ideology is damaging to society. Also, the communities that preach inclusivity and acceptance are really horrible at allowing people to have differing opinions from their own. I think they hate beards because they can't grow one.

[@Advent3546]

Sometimes you can really tell when one of these anti-Woke types say "woke" with a hard R

[@JayFingers]

Indeed.

[@TyroneBackyardiagains]

Woker

[@stomachegg041]

As a brown asian (Filipino) I could not care less about seeing my kind on screen. I dont go to the movies and sulk about not having enough representation because I care more about being entertained. In fact I much prefer Hollywood entertainment vs Philippine cinema because our product is just hot basura. If I wanted to see my face on screen Id go back to watching awful Filipino movies.

[@jeromealday614]

@@stomachegg041 Am a Filipino too , kinda cringe you have to specify brown, just say Asian. Not doing so is you being part of the 'problem'

[@stomachegg041]

@@jeromealday614 I dont know if you noticed but our culture is quite different from light skinned east Asians. We are not what Crazy Rich Asians represented.

[@jeffreycarman2185]

11:52 “The enemy is both weak and strong. “[…] the followers must be convinced that they can overwhelm the enemies. Thus, by a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.”” Umberto Eco: A Practical List for Identifying Fascists

[@westonmeyer3110]

Quoting a nutjob conspiracy theorist on a video about criticizing the right as conspiracy theorists. Hilarious example of left wing cognitive dissonance.

[@tadesubaru1383]

Imagine acknowledging people different from you existing. Jesus. Some people just need to go outside and meet people, then they'll see how underrepresented they actually are, instead of overrepresented in media.

[@markusk9080]

Are you seriously trying to argue that white men are overrepresented in today's media? Are you taking the piss?

[@chrissullivan6572]

I really wish "woke" never got into the zeitgeist. It went from just being socially aware to a joke in the black community to mock hoteps, to bein an argument along with callin someone an "sjw"

[@1nduwaraThisa]

We need more channels like "Pillar of Garbage" !!!!!

[@manyseas1219]

If Avater the last Airbender came out today, then every anti-woke-tuber would have called it woke garbage, based on the first episodes. Its ironic, since this show is the most beloved show in the past 2 decades. They keep the word woke as vague as possible to label every show as woke and never run out about stuff to complain about. You should upload a parody video, where you review the first season in their style to highlight how ridiculous it is. You know how their biased videos work and it should not be a problem to find clips in the show to recreate one of their videos.

[@marocat4749]

Especially toph, toph would be so called a mary sue.

[@ldcg106]

Despite the fact that the diversity in Avatar the Last Airbender actually makes sense? You know, unlike a lot of the shows the people mentioned here criticize?

[@Chario_]

@@ldcg106 If a new show came out today with an episode one of the male leads acts boastful and arrogant before getting beaten up and humiliated by a group of powerful warrior women I'm more than willing to bet that people would be losing their minds about how "woke" that show is and how much the creators hate men.

[@ldcg106]

@@Chario_ And if a show came out about abusive, manipulative, and entitled women getting beat up by powerful male heroes, the "woke" mob would pitch a b¡tch-fest and cry that the writers were mysoginists; they would probably do it even if powerful superheroines did it.

[@manyseas1219]

@@ldcg106 Those anti woke people would still find reasons to complain about it. Even if it makes sense to include different ethnic groups. You are assuming that they are reasonable .

[@creativerealms]

You could easily grift to the right if you wanted to. So glad that's not you. Having someone who can sound like one of them, to debunk them is exactly what we need. Keep up the good work.

[@tamaspapp225]

As much as Pillar criticizing the anti-woke movement he does the exact same thing, but just in the opposite direction. He just also made up a boogeyman and paint them just as cartoonishly evil in his head. He maybe thinks that his video sound so intellectual and such. But he is also just pulling the audience's strings with the right words and phrases: "young white men", "far-right", "fascist", "bigots", "hating women or minorities", "gateway", "cultural marxism is a dog whistle", "alt-right pipeline" and so on.

[@mizushogun]

@@tamaspapp225 if that’s the angle you want to go with sure, but context is key. Plus he actually sources his points.

[@maestercraig3990]

​@@tamaspapp225 - Of course they are evil. Take one look at the thumbnails these grifters create & tell me these are good people? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 They bully, they harass, they attack everything & everybody. They create hit pieces, & smear campaigns every single day. They only care about producing as much negativity, outrage, drama, hate & malice. All done with such incredibly petty, immature, juvenile & disrespectful behaviour. The irony of these channels is that are identical to the "SJWs" they complain about, just from a right wing perspective. Hence why some are calling them what they are "Conservative Justice Warriors". They even have their own Cancel Culture slogan "Get Woke, Go Broke" when they want to cancel people or things that dont share their same politics. Every day they gaslight, dog whistle, fear monger about the "WoOk" boogeyman we need to fear. They rile up the audience with Right Wing Rhetoric & buzzwords like "Woke, SJ Double Yas, Groomers, Feminist, Identity Politics, Agendas" in order to push their Conservative, Social, & Political Agendas down peoples throats every single day. So now ever person, celebrity, artist, film, story, character, scene, dialogue, every trivial detail, has to align 100% with all Conservative, Religious, Social & Political Agendas, or be vilified & hated as "Woke". Everything that doesnt share their ideologies will be publicly shamed, pushed to be hated, & labeled "Woke". These people are a bunch of Right Wing Social & Political Extremists who just want everything to pander to Conservatives values, or it shouldnt be allowed to exist. They are all disingenuous people, pathological liars, & will create any hyperbolic & ridiculous narrative to further their own Agenda. They have become a bunch of raging psychopaths & narcissists that contribute nothing positive, or of any real value what so ever. They encourage bad behaviour & do not seem to care how much damage they are doing to our youth that consumes the absolute drivel that comes from these cesspools. I cant even let my kids near KZbin anymore because lunatics have infected everything Marvel or Stars Wars right now & i dont want them picking up any of the immature & toxic behaviour coming from these channels.

[@mansishukla6779]

Couldn't agree more

[@CaptHam]

@@mizushogun What's the context on actors getting fired for having a different opinion? Where's the context for that girl getting fired from limited run games for a tweet she liked? He's obviously not giving enough context with all that's happening.

[@fellownigerianhere6378]

I saw a channel that called some video games trailers with black female characters woke just because the characters were black or female or both. Like their only criticism of the games trailer was that the game is woke because tbey have a black female character

[@Peasham]

Pretty much the extent of the mindset.

[@anderurteaga3707]

People are acting like 80s coming of age movies or films like Top Gun or Footloose didn't have ideology whatsoever. Part of the definition of culture is that it involves an specific vision of the world, and such vision is canalized through pretty much everything.

[@westonmeyer3110]

Movies have been left wing crap since the 1950s.

[@chrisnotaperson8127]

the idiots claim that comics back in the day, in the good old days, were free from politics but that just shows how poorly they read the texts they claim to love. the problem isn't that there's suddenly politics in comics, the problem is just that they aren't the only people that comics related things are made for and they are going to throw a hissy fit about that.

[@matt0044]

They would hate War Games.

[@burtmacklinfbi5988]

everything in this video is so accurate and what i (and other lgbt people and especially poc) have been saying for years. thank you for speaking up, its just frustrated that every time i try to say something like this, i get shot down immediately because people see me as a woman and don't take me seriously

[@CaptHam]

I'm not trying to be a smartass, but it could be because you don't have a very commanding presence. People tend to listen to people who are well articulated, doesn't talk slow, and speaks loudly but with confidence. It's harder for women because they tend not to be put in the same situations as men often do.

[@Peasham]

​@@CaptHam "I don't mean to be a smartass, but it's because you're a woman" Don't worry, you weren't a smartass, you were just an asshole.

[@Attivian]

I've lately been asking people who use woke pejoratively to actually define woke and most can't even answer it.

[@markusk9080]

I would define it as anti-white propaganda. For example, POCs can hang out exclusively with their own but when white people do it they are shamed for having a "lack of diversity" in their group of friends. Or when Italy won the Euros, there were voices that were critizicing their association for being racist because thery had no black player in the squad. On the other hand, woke morons wouldn't dare to call out the French XI in the final consisting almost exclusively of black players because apparently "representation" is only important and good when the ratio in favor of non-whites.

[@Attivian]

@@markusk9080 and your definition would be wrong. Thanks for trying. But you can always educate yourself and better yourself as a person. Also the fans of those soccer teams all chant racist shit at the team members and compare them to apes. So fuck those people too.

[@markusk9080]

@@Attivian I do educate myself but not in a way you pathetic woke clowns would approve of. I still have balls, that's that's probably why we think so different. I'm actually proud of my culture and heritage, so it's a source of pride and joy rather than of shame and embarassment like for you losers. Btw. stop talking about things you don't know anything about. You just proved that you have zero knowledge about football.

[@JustaLuni]

I hear Kevin Fiege will burn your 90's comics and force you too watch She Hulk on loop Clockwork Orange style. That was sarcasm I know the internet is scared of big words.

[@charleshall7526]

This was absolutely the best video on this topic I have ever seen. You gave a perfect deconstruction of the term as used by the radical right, and I will reference your talking points if I ever get into an argument about this again. Whenever I have a conversation with someone who uses "woke" as an insult about entertainment, they use this frustrating pivot from just arguing against corporate pandering to insisting that minorities should be excluded from media entirely-especially if they ever once make "bad media". People who were excluded from media creation in the past are only just now getting to tell stories and make art. Some of that art is going to suck.

[@BlackDoveNYC]

That’s why I often call out the BS fallacy of “go woke go broke”. It’s not like terrible media started when projects started having lead and main characters be someone other than white straight guys.

[@iambatman.5894]

Some sucking is all right. Every single one of them , then u start to see a problem. And dont u dare deny there is an agenda. All the men are incompetent. Those who aren't most definitely will be villans. All the girls are perfect while all the men are there to just hold them down. People will tolerate that crap no longer. I will not watch anything that actively tries to belittle me.

[@darioescudero4812]

I'm loving this. This is real text analysis. How can I make this content more visible?

[@ArcTrooperRod-269]

SERIOUSLY? What makes ANTI-WOKE WEIRDOS different than the "WOKE PEOPLE" *when both:* -Cry about things doesn't exist -Spent 24/7 ranting on twitter -They get mad about representation -Can't live without throwing sh*t to each other

[@Peasham]

"I literally cannot see the difference between people who hate and do not hate minorities" lmfao

[@jeremyusreevu237]

@@Peasham Says the person who hates the concept of white people existing in any form.

[@Peasham]

​@@jeremyusreevu237 Yes.

[@jeremyusreevu237]

@@Peasham Breaking news: hating someone because of the color of their skin is in fact racist, regardless of the race in question.

[@Peasham]

​@@jeremyusreevu237 Nah.

[@grinm1899]

I'm really curious to see what you have to say about "woke shows" that unti-woke critics aclaimed to be good: like Arcane and Into the spiderverse. Even though it has the "agenda" and representation, most people love these show

[@Peasham]

Arcane hides its gays and they know they'll be eaten alive if the criticized spiderverse.

[@notrod5341]

Imo it's just an unwillingness to call popular things woke, because their fans would get mad.

[@yotsuba6352]

Fantastic FANTASTIC video ❤ Not enough creators on here talking about the grifty content creators that exist on this site or who’re on the internet in general. Too many of them, I swear. And so many viewers latch onto their videos, arguments, etc. Thanks for this‼️

[@blong217]

I never knew the origin of "woke" but I do remember it's original intention as well as the change to its current terminology. As a student of history it's frightening to see millions of Americans willingly walking down a fascist path without actually realizing it.

[@Ebon_Sean]

The origin of "woke" as a slang term wasn't explained in this video either. It started out as a Black American Vernacular English (the blatantly altered grammar of saying "woke" rather than "awake" is the clue here) offshoot of the term "conscious", as in conscious and aware of the ways white supremacy - not "social injustice" in general but white supremacy specifically - permeates American society and has the black American community under siege. The term carried that context within the confines of black America for decades, until the mid-2010s, when the combined factors of the advent of social media and the increased visibility of high-profile killings of unarmed black people by the police pushed the discussions featuring this term into the forefront of the digital public, where it got absorbed into the mainstream lexicon and its definition was expanded to serve as an umbrella for all marginalized groups, and this video picks it up from that point on.

[@tuojiangoman3228]

Oh they realize it. They just embrace it.

[@-Scrapper-]

Nerdrotic is the tutorial boss here

[@1monki]

I watched some of his videos right before the KZbin anti-woke movement became a thing. His videos were normal geek-culture stuff. He might have had 1k subscribers. There was nothing about his videos that made them stand out. Getting on the Woke Train made him. Without that content (which they're able to manufacture), these guys can't compete with people who actually know this stuff and can bring in unique or entertaining takes

[@maestercraig3990]

Terdrotic.

[@daelen.cclark]

@@1monki If you have to be a bigot to get more attention and recognition, then it’s just not worth it.

[@braky0231]

Do conservatives realize the term “WOKE” is literally African American vernacular English ? The term they use to criticize the “woke hive mind” literally came from the quote on quote woke hive mind. I wonder what the new term will be when they realize this if they do at all .

[@creativerealms]

They know. Repurposing things is what they do.

[@mizushogun]

@@creativerealms in the most cringe ways possible

[@Peasham]

​@Maverick Invictus They aren't buying firearms because they have to protect themselves from society and the government, they are society and the government.

[@LinziOfficial]

You're so based I really enjoy your content it's nice to have a section of the superhero fandom that's not toxic and bigoted

[@RobotNinjaHornets]

The bit at around 12:10 brings to mind a quote from Michael Parenti in Blackshirts & Reds, not exactly the same thing but it's definitely an interesting parallel "During the cold war, the anticommunist ideological framework could transform any data about existing communist societies into hostile evidence. If the Soviets refused to negotiate a point, they were intransigent and belligerent; if they appeared willing to make concessions, this was but a skillful ploy to put us off our guard. By opposing arms limitations, they would have demonstrated their aggressive intent; but when in fact they supported most armament treaties, it was because they were mendacious and manipulative. If the churches in the USSR were empty, this demonstrated that religion was suppressed; but if the churches were full, this meant the people were rejecting the regime's atheistic ideology. If the workers went on strike (as happened on infrequent occasions), this was evidence of their alienation from the collectivist system; if they didn't go on strike, this was because they were intimidated and lacked freedom. A scarcity of consumer goods demonstrated the failure of the economic system; an improvement in consumer supplies meant only that the leaders were attempting to placate a restive population and so maintain a firmer hold over them. If communists in the United States played an important role struggling for the rights of workers, the poor, African-Americans, women, and others, this was only their guileful way of gathering support among disfranchised groups and gaining power for themselves. How one gained power by fighting for the rights of powerless groups was never explained. What we are dealing with is a nonfalsifiable orthodoxy, so assiduously marketed by the ruling interests that it affected people across the entire political spectrum." It's definitely a consistent technique of the right, if everything they do is wrong then it's proof they must be evil. It'd be funny how often these people argue that they use FACTS and LOGIC to then just ignore material reality in favour of contradictory falsehoods if it wasn't so fucking terrifying how widespread it is

[@EnordAreven]

Haters: "everything's so woke these days" MARVEL: "And now we just have to believe in love, friendship and not making ANY long lasting structural changes at all, don't listen to anyone trying to change things, because clearly anyone who tries to change anything is evil! God Bless America!"

[@manuba_]

anti-woke people will watch actual military propaganda in a superhero movie and still go like "oh no these leftists have gone too far" it's hilariously sad

[@nuperaa6617]

Also marvel censors movies for Asian market

[@dreizehnterfreitag9668]

I respect your opinion. But I think, you fall for the same trap the people, you attack fell for: You oversimplyfiing things and you see a pattern, where is none.

[@PillarofGarbage]

nah

[@dreizehnterfreitag9668]

@@PillarofGarbage Well-spoken.

[@conorowens8382]

Agreed. The woke and the anti-woke crowd are both extremists who just are having a shouting competition, while the rest of us don't care.

[@dreizehnterfreitag9668]

@@conorowens8382 Yes, it's a shame. You could say, we had bigger problems the last years, but these people only talk about these abstract for normal people non-existent "problems".

[@Bustermachine]

@@conorowens8382 Here's the question though, whose actually self identifying as 'woke'? Even in its original usage, woke was a verb, not a noun, something you did in the face of injustice, not an entire identity. And typically, despite being left leaning, I only see these 'woke people' in the video and commentary of anti-woke people. Which reminds me a bit of a time when my college campus had a protest over the art department closing down. To read the local news the students were in mass rebellion . . . I had trouble even FINDING the gathering and they were far from being hostile to everyone walking by. So it's not that they don't exist, it's that the internet provides endless opportunity to find people being stupid, endless confirmation bias, and sometimes that stupidity will be informed by their ideological beliefs.

[@smokindatshit8268]

It’s frustrating being African American Because the moment a black actor is a lead It’s an issue and they become upset and make it an issue out it Literally anything showing a minority as a lead is considered woke and there’s a conspiracy against white Americans There are times when I do see what they’re getting at with some of the stuff coming out but It’s getting old…… especially when namor was in black panther and he was Latino, they went insane as they usually do over fictional characters

[@omegaminoseer4539]

The worst are the rugpulls that they do against Afro-American leads (Disney examples: Finn and Shuri). It seems that they don't even WANT us to be the heroes when they go out of their way to tout us as such.

[@galvatrontimewars]

Fantastic video

[@mjxsh3lm]

Great video 👍

[@thomasfan8889]

What sucks about this anti-woke movement most is that you can’t legitimately criticize any products surrounded in these controversies. Like, take she-hulk for example. I came from it feeling that it was poorly paced, most of its jokes landing flat, and just was not written well for the source material they were basing it on (as well as it being a clear sign of marvel’s poor treating of their vfx team), or that I think Disney’s live action remakes only hurt the original films as they continue to play into the “animation is only for kids” mindset. Yet I can’t say either of these without at least a handful of people telling me I’m just part of the anti-woke agenda and my thoughts are invalid (people assume I’m anti black Ariel in the latter case). This is made worse if the company that made it hide behind this instead of addressing criticis.. Basically, it doesn’t matter what side you take in this, you don’t win

[@jeremyusreevu237]

I 100% agree. It's just ridiculous the amount of people with just no nuance whatsoever.

[@omegaminoseer4539]

Hello, I'm an African-American youth who has consumed a lot of anti-woke content over the years due to my demands for better media to be written. My greater issue with the term when used for criticism isn't the term itself but the issues of a lack of cohesion involved with the term. I am appalled by The Sequel Trilogy as the films legitimately abandoned a potential African-American lead. Boyega was reduced to a minstrel; despite the narrative reasons that should be impossible, it was the direction Disney allowed. Watching a child solider get lectured to on the horrors of war by a commoner felt like that was somehow targeted as a secondary racial dogwhistle: "You, Black Man, have no problems. Only the problems that we show you are problems, not the ones you've experienced." It was agonizing having someone who was willing to die for his friends run, like a coward (The Last Jedi). Finn was then shelved in the final film doing basically nothing to advance the plot. It's hard to justify his place in the narrative after the first film. This makes ZERO sense as he has the best background to be heroic, compared to Ma-Rey Sue. *THE GOOD* I believe that Literature Devil made a very interesting critique of SJW Media by noting the odd disregard for the standards of that media itself. His definition of woke focused on the "inclusion" portion of their personality relied on to define them, even if the situation demanded the opposite. He noted how Kamala Khan's first issue failed as a superhero comic due to the lack of action and odd selfishness associated with the protagonist. He did little to criticize Kamala on her religion, instead mocking how she seemed to disregard her own faith's tenets to disobey her parents and attend a party. Khan was then rewarded with superhero powers, which was unlike that of Daredevil-a Catholic who you brought up in your video. Murdock had to give *up* things to obtain his powers, even refusing to live his own dreams of social success because his father compelled him to study. *THE BAD* TheQuartering is someone whose content had to get sanitized due to this thesis-level issue. He was a modern Joseph McCarthy screaming about everything being woke and being ruined because of it. His points were often more sapient when he could compare and contrast. The best example was that of The Last of Us Part II against The Ghost of Tsushima, stories that both tackled the increasing cost of vengance and changing warfare. Whenever TQ lacked any sort of basis, he would flounder to describe something. His content was quite hard to watch and I thought he'd improved after TLOU2 as he was genuinely able to express the weaknesses in the material. He was the best example of how piss-poor the discourse around something being woke is, by far. *THE UGLY* Nedrotic is a toss-up. He makes very solid criticism of media beyond just "WOKE." However, he slaps woke onto the criticisms which sours them. I can provide sources and timestamps for all of these videos and points therein with timestamps, if necessary. As someone who enjoys hearing the actual arguments against something being woke rather than the slang term for blanketing "WHAT I DON'T LIKE!" I enjoy the discourse around it. EDIT: Passive Voice

[@muchtooseriousdude7045]

As someone who completely stopped watching anyone who ever brings up "woke" as a criticism, I agree with you. I try to find more neutral stances of critique on "woke" media that becomes a culture war battleground, TLoU2 being one of the biggest where defenders often fail to understand the real criticisms levied against the work. Though I firmly avoided any wokescolds and anti-SJW dudes, I found The Closer Look and Macabre Storytelling had excellent writing-focused teardowns to fill that niche. It's unfortunate how sparse it can be at times, though, when too many just accept the terms of a work's presentation without question. As an aside, Finn was the best idea (maybe the only good idea) the sequels had from a writing standpoint and was immediately squandered as a character. The queerbaiting with Finn and Poe was also awful and just classic Disney. I could not forgive the movies for that on a writing and plot level. As a white guy I can't really speak to it, but I figured racial concerns make the problem just so much worse.

[@anonymousmobilegamer5920]

You seriously deserve way mor subs than you already have! Keep up the great work, man❤

[@PillarofGarbage]

Thank you! Trying 🫡

[@pugman9672]

I was about to click do not recommend channel until I saw it was a pillar of garbage. I can always count him to be a sensible human being and have media literacy

[@mwtucker2]

Great video. I’ve of your best!

[@PillarofGarbage]

Thank you!

[@mwtucker2]

@@PillarofGarbage Yeah, I just discovered you recently! So many KZbin media critics push this woke critique. It's wild!

[@tecpaocelotl]

I usually joke that if giant-sized X-Men was made today, it would be considered woke. It diversified the xmen and gave people different thoughts and ideas to be a mutant. It's surprising to see my childhood ideas in the media. It feels like people had the same ideas. Namor is Mexican and the Adams family is brown. All we're missing is Mexican Superman (a superman raised by Mexicans instead of the Clarks. I would like him to be raised by Nahuatl-speaking Nauas to give the outsider feeling more plus you can bring colorism which I feel like it's neglected in media) by doing stories from pre-WWII golden age comics. That original superman is going to make those anti-wokeness people have panic attacks. Lol.

[@svenm4740]

I read some letters Marvel got after giant-sized X-Men and the main difference would be that today certain people would try hide their racism better behind calling something "woke".

[@magnusprime4928]

It’s funny because Superman is raised Mexicans in justice league gods and monsters

[@matthewstarkie4254]

When you flashed that photo of Pearlmutter and Trump, an ominous sound started coming out of my speakers. Is that normal?

[@bananaking664]

bro thank you so much for this video

[@laragallahue7127]

What’s odd to me, is that someone works in fan works it ones the oddest parts … like if I have headcannon Riddler on the spectrum? Is that wokeness? Like fandom work changes eveything and nothing if wants to fit the appeal of the author

[@marocat4749]

I mean,a lot of batman villains are on , i dont want to call it a disorder, but it would fit with th pattrn of batman villains, and honstly make sense with his obsession. on not sense but fit in.

[@laragallahue7127]

@@marocat4749 oh it fully fits with them but I’m saying a lot these people think that having neodivergnt charcters is “woke”.

[@ldcg106]

​@@laragallahue7127 If that's the character's whole personality and expect people to sympathize just because they are on the spectrum, it would be considered "woke".

[@evancahill8950]

@@ldcg106 one's intentions behind doing so is also an important factor to consider

[@ldcg106]

@@evancahill8950 But the excecution is the most important of them all

[@Ben10man2]

Bro you are flexing your power level with this video, hell yeah

[@phrankcinatra7810]

This was excellent well done

[@obara7366]

BABE, NEW PILLAR OF GARBAGE VIDEO JUST DROPPED!

[@twoczents]

I don't even want this to be sugar-coated anymore. The word woke used to mean something amazing. But, now it just means anything that isn't white male cishet able-bodied white collar Christian that probably is a Hitler apologist that brings up his "art". Woke = reality. These people don't want to live in the real world where not everything is flipping Anglo-Saxon. The fact that these people associate being woke as an inherent flaw easily plays into everything the Nazis and the KKK fought for believing. A belief that anything that isn't what was mentioned previously is inferior by design. Woke = minority

[@obakengnchupetsang5983]

That's the problem, people who are pro woke name call and insult people they don't agree with. The whole argument that people are making is that the reason people watch movies and TV it's for entertainment not for political messages. If I want to watch political content I'll watch CNN, Fox News and etc

[@Peasham]

And they always say that while ignoring the politics of the media they claim to love.

[@Craglicious]

But a lot of so called "woke" media doesn't have any politics in it, it's just the mere existence of people who exist, and if you have a problem with Black, Gay, Or trans people simply existing it's not the show being political, it's you

[@tylerleach8796]

Oh don't pretend for a single second the anti-woke crowd don't do the exact same fucking thing.

[@jussts]

You showed that cursed Ike Perlmutter image... now we're all gonna die in seven days.

[@Just_a_ghost713]

Not a bad video, I just finished watching the critical drinker where he mentioned the pendulum is swinging back but hopes it doesn't swing too hard.

[@make.and.believe]

Fantastic work here. You’ve hit the nail directly on the head.

[@daholt85001]

I find it odd that you believe in neo fascists propaganda but dismiss neo Marxists propaganda as non existent. The people you label neo fascists or accuse of spreading neo fascists propaganda are pointing at content and calling it woke neo Marxists propaganda.

[@PillarofGarbage]

Comments like this always confuse me Asking why I believe *X* is bad/real but that *Y* isn’t Like, because they are *different things*, lmao, there is no cognitive dissonance here Just like it’s not hypocritical for me to believe that giraffes are real but unicorns aren’t

[@daholt85001]

@PillarofGarbage OK but your discussing philosophical concepts that exists within people's minds. Your discussing beliefs. You are choosing to believe that ideas you disagree with are real (neo fascism ) While arguing that the ideas like neo Marxism or wokeness isn't. Which is strange. Neo Marxism is Marxism replacing proletariat vs bourgeoisie with Cis white male vs non cis poc's. Your choosing to call horses unicorns to embolden your point while essentially doing the same thing that you accuse the neo fascists of doing. Just like they don't know the minds of every artists and studio creating woke content you don't know the minds of every anti woke reviewer. Your pretending that ideas you dislike either aren't real or hold no merit. Which is strange. If neo fascism exists so does neo Marxism. You can disagree with the people claiming that woke neo Marxists content sucks. But to deny their ideas are real and labeling neo facists doesn't make those ideas not real. Same as someone saying that neo fascism isn't real because they disagree with you.

[@PillarofGarbage]

@@daholt85001 I’m not discussing beliefs. I’m discussing movements rooted in beliefs. Big distinction there!

[@daholt85001]

@PillarofGarbage and you see no woke movement to spotlight non cis while male characters in projects that end up failing financially. But you do see a movement of neo fascists criticizing entertainment for being woke. You are selectively choosing what to see. Both movements exist but you agree with one more than the other.

[@PillarofGarbage]

@@daholt85001 🤦‍♂️

[@darioscomicschool1111]

Thank you!

[@The88Cheat]

0:21 Why did you put Ryan Chapman in there as an example of the problem? Have you watched his videos? He is really a pretty reasonable guy. Maybe I watched the wrong videos, but he seemed neutral when explaining controversial issues.

[@Nathanielcurrelley]

I can’t tell you how much I hate the word woke I feel like I hear it everyday it’s the most overused word today said by people that don’t even know what it means like I used to be a fan of Tyrone magnus but ever since 2019 to today he’s jumped on the everything is woke bandwagon so much so I got tired of it and unsubscribe to his channel thank you for making this video I hope more people see it

[@dammagrilla]

According to Christopher Rufo, that is intentional... they want people to be fatigued of hearing it and feel as though the word has no meaning

[@mizushogun]

I was the same way about Critical Drinker & other similar channels. Too many reactionaries.

[@FieldMarshalFry]

I remember when this first started… what, a decade ago? When the more or less left wing KZbinrs who would call out the religious nuts and the like started ranting about feminism… and in no time they were on the side of the religious nuts because a woman hurt their feelings once or something equally stupid

[@seditiousxero]

Was mortified for the first like 30 seconds of this video.😂

[@bernardcornellisvanmeijere4375]

Great video!

[@implustration4828]

I would like to see a video of you to see if there is a "problem" with wokeness... If there's an over correction in some shows

[@mariannedarrow7227]

Great video thank you, and pretty scary situation really.

[@BlackDoveNYC]

It’s scary for sure but when social change happens what preceded it doesn’t go out easily nor is its death quiet. But it does die.

[@TheMoonZone]

I don’t agree with you but it is always good to hear someone else’s opinion

[@Ebonyleopard]

Gotta admit. Your title got me. Glad I listened to it fully.

[@levyzimand9822]

My problem with these type of stories is, as a Jew, they tell me, my story is not worth telling. Why is Ms. Marvel's story as a Pakistani Muslim more important to tell than Scarlet Witch's as a Jew? Why is the focus only on African Americans, Muslims, women and LGBTQ+ stories and not on any other minority? Why can I only point to Magneto as good Jewish comic adaptation, when African Americans can point to whole movies and shows?

[@jeremyusreevu237]

Facts.

[@ShadowSonic2]

Scarlet Witch isn't Jewish, she's more Romani than Jewish in the comics. And there are plenty of Jewish character stories on TV too if you look.

[@levyzimand9822]

@@ShadowSonic2 still she is Jewish, yet they made her a product of Nazi experiments in the movie. If you are talking about moon knight, I will admit I haven't seen it (I don't have disney+) but I have heard that the one episode about him being Jewish is easily replaceable with any other religion. If you mean any of the arrowverse, then the Jewish characters are surface level at best, meaning they say they celebrate Hanukkah instead of Xmas and that's about it.

[@ShadowSonic2]

@@levyzimand9822 I was talking about TV in general, shows like "The Calling". Oh, so the same way Captain America was the result of Nazi Experiments (even if the Doctor ran to the US)?

[@icebox1954]

@@levyzimand9822 With how obsessed the world is at appeasing the Jews you'd expect more Jewish hero based movies. I'm as surprised by the lack of Jewish representation as you are. Especially as Hollywood loves hiding behind race to divert criticism. It boggles the mind why they're not hiding behind the greatest intellectual shield since WW2. It'd be pretty easy to call people anti semitic even if the movie was bad.

[@callmestorm23]

We need more people like you on the internet. Also I think you should make a video on how you would write Avengers: Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars.

[@jonathanmiley1248]

Haven’t watched this yet but I see Kaldur’ahm, so it gets an upvote.

[@SamuraiMotoko]

Would you call me a racist if Hollywood was making a Street fighter movie, and they made Cammy black instead of trying to use Kimberley? If they did so, should I have to bealive the people working on a show are pushing nothing? That all this changes are good and If i don't accept then blindly im bad person.

[@Peasham]

There is literally a black Cammy in the games lmfao

[@Msmithjonesraven]

Do you know the difference between a "MOD" and actual game design. @@Peasham

[@Peasham]

@@Msmithjonesraven You do realize there are multiple cloned women M. Bison has stored away if he ever needs to inhabit their bodies, y'know, what Cammy is, one of whom is black? So not only would a black Cammy be canon, but a black female M. Bison would likewise be.

[@davidgreen7268]

Not much I didn't already know, but very well put together.

[@TevyaSmolka]

This whole woke argument is just stupid In my opinion and just makes no sense to me.

[@TevyaSmolka]

@@yarc9 the actual definition for woke is this aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice) that's what the actual word means not the what these internet idiots believe what it's.

[@ldcg106]

​@@yarc9 Now, it means the use surface-level values in order to appear morally superior and manipulate good causes in order to deflect well-deserved criticisms in hopes that other people don't realize the ignorance and hypocrisy of said actions

[@Peasham]

​@@ldcg106 Nah I'm pretty sure it's now just a buzzword for people like you to be able to spread your right-wing agenda by saying diversity makes products worse.

[@TheAmityElf]

I find it fascinating, in a kind of sad way, that I feel like the role of the word "woke" in conservative circles is functionally equivalent to the word "racist" or "sexist", etc., in liberal circles, as far as how it factors into arguments. I've noticed, when I mention that something is racist or homophobic or what have you, to conservatives, it's treated as if I've used a meaningless buzz word to shut down conversation. Like, "Oh, every time We want to have an opinion on something, You Guys always want to say we're being racist, etc." In their eyes, it's just a button pushed to end critical thinking. When in reality, I don't consider "This is racist," to be the end of the conversation. I think "This is racist; let's look at how it's racist, let's look at where this idea comes from, let's consider how we can avoid this in the future," is a worthwhile conversation to have. And from my perspective, "woke" is just a button they push to end critical thinking; whenever I see them use it, it seems to come from a place of "Thing is woke, woke is bad, thing is bad." I've never once seen any depth to the ideology outside of "I've been made to see a gay relationship in a show I chose to watch, which is woke, which is bad," or "I've been made to see a diverse cast in a show I chose to watch, which is woke, which is bad." It makes me wonder if they believe there's more to it. If they think "racist" is just the "Shut up" button, is that just a symptom of the fact that "woke" is /their/ "Shut up" button, and they assume liberals are doing the same thing, or is the situation exactly symmetrical and, from their perspective, there's some amount of dimension to the concept? In my experience, no; like I said, I've only ever seen the term used in a straightforward, shallow "There is representation in this show, which is woke, which is bad." But I guess I find it interesting to think about.

[@muchtooseriousdude7045]

If you haven't heard of it, it sounds like you're talking about a "thought terminating cliche." They are used to abruptly end discussion and signal a refusal to think any further on the matter. I definitely agree that "woke" gets used that way, and that reactionaries think "racism" or "sexism" serve that function for leftists and progressives.

[@TheAmityElf]

@@muchtooseriousdude7045 Thank you! I think I'd heard of the concept but forgotten the term.

[@JACK102851]

Oh no they’ve politicised Captain America!

[@garethmcguinness377]

Orwell has a great essay about political language and how easily well-meaning terms can be co-opted so they mean nothing. I can't remember what it's called off the top of my head but if one googles "Orwell language corrupts thought essay" they should find it. 10/10 would recommend

[@Dachusblot]

"Politics and the English Language." I make my English students read it every year, lol.

[@garethmcguinness377]

@@Dachusblot that's it! That's the one haha I had a prof like you that's why I know it

[@0zer0ne1]

You mean words like racist, sexist, homophobic, feminist etc. Yeah you throw it out at any small and broad thing and they lose their worth and meaning pretty fast. Its interesting to see that woke has fallen under the same trap. Looks like both sides are equally throwing shit at eachother

[@beardlyinteresting]

@@0zer0ne1 Hahahahaha, no

[@icebox1954]

@@beardlyinteresting Actually yeah. You got destroyed by facts and logic kid. It's funny when the uno reverse card hits and the woke crowd crumbles beneath their own hypocrisy.

[@davidblank420]

That one bible guy was pretty woke, what's his name? Oh right? Jesus.

[@Scroteydada]

I hate Jesus because he was woke

[@thekiltedveteran]

We need to bring back the draft.

[@hhasslinger9601]

Is it going to include women?

[@thekiltedveteran]

@@hhasslinger9601 between the ages of 18 to 35, why not. Equality for all!

[@RobertDW1]

There was a lot of Black Superheroes before the Race Swap it’s nonsense to call this representation when all it’s doing it’s claiming is they can’t make good black characters without race swap.

[@st.anselmsfire3547]

"Leftist elites" is still a baffling concept, something that shows people who don't understand the meanings of either word.

[@markusk9080]

why exactly? The leftists are in control of almost all institutions and therefore constitute a sizable part of the elite, especially in culture and education.

[@johnnyboyya734]

I wouldn’t have given a shit about any of this “woke” stuff if they didn’t make luke skywalker a bum and Loki into slap nuts. I’m allowed to not like the new little mermaid because she doesn’t look like the cartoon come to life. Change all you want but if it’s not faithful to what’s come before then I’m just not gonna like it. The new Ben 10 show as well as the new modok are examples I have.

[@jimballard1186]

Bold title. I almost clicked the "do not recommend channel" button when I saw this because I'm not familiar with your work and wasn't sure if this video was gonna screw up my recommendations.

[@PillarofGarbage]

I’d hoped the quote marks would give people the right idea :/

[@jimballard1186]

@@PillarofGarbage They were what convinced me to take the gamble. A lot of people don't know what quotation marks mean or how to use them, but I figured it was at least worth checking before making a decision. (Never mind that the whole question feels VERY self-important to me, like you would ever know or care if some dingus like me jumped to a wrong conclusion and blocked your channel without due diligence.)

[@willkingMB4L]

Why does everyone get agenda and woke mixed up?😭😭 like there remotely not even the same🤦🏿‍♂️

[@igg7865]

speak up against the bigots !

[@ldcg106]

He'd hace to start with a mirror

[@roofdogblues7400]

@@ldcg106 Oh, haha, you're like the inmate in prison for murder that claims you never murdered anyone, you claim the jury is guilty of murder for putting you in a cage for the rest of your life.

[@ldcg106]

@@roofdogblues7400 Your level of mental gymnastics you just performed would make Kamasutra practitioners seem more stiff than a man with a crush on Medusa.

[@roofdogblues7400]

@@ldcg106 You're the one performing the gymnastics, he's the mirror standing in front of you, and you say he needs a mirror.

[@ldcg106]

@@roofdogblues7400 Yeah, he's the "funhouse" mirror, he needs a regular one. You shouldn't get one, for your sake (and for the sake of the mirror).

[@ceres090]

Arguments like the one demonstrated in the beginning remind me that these people think my mere existence is unnatural, and therefore they shouldn't have to contend with my right to live and be seen.

[@nikomint4894]

I am a straight white man and i realy dont have a problem with the woke stuff in the movies. Making a character gay or something like this does not make the movie bad. Shehulk is even a critic on the woke stuff, but only if you watch past the first episode

[@seto749]

The points are fine and the defence of the T is admirable. How the G ever survived without it I'll never know.

[@cheesecakeisgross4645]

Woke on the right is used similar to how the left use the word Fascist.

[@Peasham]

Nah, Fascism is pretty provable.

[@tuojiangoman3228]

@@Peasham Fascism is the political philosophy of low freedom and even less equality. What part of this does this cheesecake-slandering man you're replying to not understand?

[@kateelson991]

I’m starting to think that “woke” just means anything other than white, wealthy, Christian, conservative, heterosexual, cis, neurotypical “alpha” males with a specific body type. Hell, even Covid is considered “woke” these days (or at least caring about it and/or acknowledging it.)

[@hhasslinger9601]

That's not exactly the case, though. In my opinion, wokeism is actively going against the straight white Christian male. It's everywhere in the media like commercials, TV shows, movies, etc. A T.V show example would be "The Boys". The blonde haired blue eyed straight male with the American flag as his cape is the villain. During the show, there are clear examples of them throwing jabs at Christianity. A movie example would be "The Purge". Again, another jab by showing white Christian families as evil murderers. Those were just some examples, and there are plenty more. Wokeism isn't just the fact of including all races, ethnicities, and genders, but purposefully going out of the way to trash white men, and Chrisitanity.

[@Kingcrimson_1456]

@@hhasslinger9601 bro are you gonna call the boys comic book woke too because Homelander is also the villain he supposed to be the realistic version of Superman, a parody even.Jesus Christ

[@mattwilson8298]

Palimpsestic. Your vocabulary continues to impress.

[@thekage100]

Waaaaiit wait!!! As a muslim, where is the 00:09 part from???

[@PillarofGarbage]

It’s from season 3 of the DC show Young Justice

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

I got really nervous when i saw the title to this video. Glad it you did such a good job in the video

[@UltraVioletKnight]

making a femboy army would be pretty dope tho ngl

[@PillarofGarbage]

fr

[@FieldMarshalFry]

Aka The Emperor’s Children Legion of Space Marines

[@cxplosion1424]

I am fine with politics in my media however I prefer it when it doesn't take over the entire story and it doesn't effect character writing in the sense making them act out of character to spew such things. I cary more about story than politics in my media.

[@GameDevAcademy]

Great video. Thanks for sharing this.